Social Media Marketing: A Great Week On Twitter!

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Out of all the social media networks, I've always liked Twitter the most. I never really knew why, though! I think it's because of the simplicity: It's easy to type a short tweet, or reply to someone. I like simple things, and Twitter feels simple.

Instagram for example is much more work for me because I don't like taking pictures. And Facebook has way too much stuff happening on the screen for my taste.

Alright so I've enjoyed Twitter the most... however, since the social media challenge last year, I haven't been reaching out to other people much. I've gotten rather quiet on Twitter.

That was until a few weeks ago...

And this week was an great week on Twitter for me! Several amazing bloggers & online marketers have reached out to me and I've racked up more followers than usual. For my current position, that's really good!

What happened? I looked at my tweeting history to figure it out!

A few things surprised me:

  • I used very minimal hashtags.
  • I wasn't so shy anymore to share my opinion.
  • If someone linked to a new blog post, I would leave a comment on the blog post and reply to the tweet, too.

Hashtags are important of course. But they don't automatically get you attention on Twitter.

It seems to me that people are much more interested in opinions & personal experiences. And if we combine that with one or two fitting hashtags, that's all it takes to connect with others on Twitter.

The important thing is to connect. I've never really thought about it in that sense. These two replies particularly made me think about it:


Connecting with other people means communicating on a 1-to-1 basis. Since online marketing is about scaling your business, such 1-to-1 interactions are oftentimes neglected.

However, these types of 1-to-1 connections are very powerful and a great starting point for any new affiliate marketer! Think about it this way: How do you want to influence 100, or 1000 people, if you can't even connect with 1 person online?

Even the biggest influencers stil reply to DMs and comments, for exactly this reason:
1-to-1 interactions make a difference, they have a lasting impact.

I think not focusing on 1-to-1 conversations was my biggest mistake on social media so far!

So I've decided to track my Twitter progress again. For this purpose, I've created this spreadsheet here - feel free to track your own progress, too! Or just stalk me as I try to grind it out haha.

I like seeing numbers going up, even if it's only by 1 point per day on average. I know from my previous blogs that on the internet, things start very slow... But once things start scaling, the snowball effect takes over and it can grow very fast.

If you use Twitter, please follow me @fromclicktosale - I'll be happy to retweet you and check out your posts.

What's your favorite social media platform? Let me know in the comments below!

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Hi James. I agree - twitter is probably my favourite social media platform for its simplicity. I keep intending to spend more time on it than I do but other stuff seems to take priority. I will be following your progress anyway and trying to stay active too.

Good luck
Dave

Hi Dave, yeah Twitter really seems to be the simplest of all! I like that a lot about it :) Keep posting things, I'll be happy to re-tweet it!

Thank you for sharing this helpful post much appreciated.

Yes keep it simple and engage with others

Here's to making it happen in 2020 and beyond

Jennifer

Hi Jennifer! Yes, that's my strategy for now and I hope it continues to work well. I'll keep updating my progress!

Yes would love to know your progress.

Have a great week

Jennifer

When you gain more knowledge and understanding and start taking action then shyness goes away and connecting becomes easier. Way to go James.

You're so right. Thank you Irene!

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